Having the right health insurance is important to ensure you get the care you need at the most affordable price. With several options available through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace, we at Lee Health would like to provide some tips to keep in mind when signing up for health insurance through the ACA Marketplace. Tip 1 You can sign up through the website or through an agent or broker (and it’s free to work with an agent or broker). When choosing an ACA plan, you can choose to sign…
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Evidence shows the immunotherapy drug Opdivo is safe and effective against Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Nivolumab outperformed the drug brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris), extending progression-free survival by 94% to one year versus 86%. Photo by Erubiel Flores/Pixabay The widely used immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) is safer and more effective in treating adults and children with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma than the targeted therapy now used as standard of care, new clinical trial results show. Nivolumab outperformed the drug brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris), extending progression-free survival by 94% to one year versus 86%. Advertising Nivolumab also produced significantly fewer side effects than brentuximab vedotin, which was the first new…
Read MoreOzempic is taking China by storm. Drug makers are scrambling to ramp up supplies | CNN business
Hong Kong Cnn Ozempic, originally a drug to treat diabetes, is in high demand around the world with celebrities and social media users touting it as a weight loss wonder drug, despite some concerns from medical experts. Now the frenzy is sweeping China, where being skinny is a prevalent beauty standard, leading to shortages in the country. Chinese social media apps, such as Douyin and Xiaohongshu, have been flooded with posts from users boasting that they have easily lost 10 or more pounds in a month with just a few…
Read MoreCan Grapes Increase Gut Bacteria, Lower Cholesterol, and Protect the Heart? One study has the answers
Can Eating Grapes Alter Gut Health Forever? New research, led by the Western New England University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, has found that when healthy adults had three servings of grapes a day for two weeks, they increased some types of gut bacteria while decreasing others. Levels of some intestinal bacteria, such as Holdemania spp, decreased, while those of others, such as Streptococcus thermophilus, increased. Now Streptococcus Thermophilus is a probiotic, it can help break down food, absorb nutrients, and fight disease-causing organisms. This is commonly used to…
Read MoreHigh Cholesterol: The best breakfast options to control cholesterol levels
When it comes to breakfast, most of us don’t have time to plan it well or indulge in comfort foods. Cookies, muffins, buttered toast, sugar-added packaged cereal and other quick breakfast options may be delicious but they can increase your cholesterol levels and waistline. So some of us plan breakfast meals that are more elaborate but with high calorie ingredients like chhole bhature, aloo-puri, aloo paratha with butter. Especially when you have chronic problems like fatty liver, diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure, you can’t afford to have either the…
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